Power of games

THEME: Social games as a tool of youth work

ABOUT THE TRAINING COURSE
The main goal of training course is to presents participants with different types of social games which they can use as a tool in their youth work.

We have been playing since we were children. Through the play we get to know ourselves, the world around us and we learn. Therefore, play is one of the basic forms of education and relaxation, and at the same time it can serve as an effective pedagogical tool. Social games include those games that, instead of competition, focus on social relations between people and raise the level of self-awareness and social sensibility through the element of conversation about what happened to the participants during the game.

WHAT WILL WE DO
-We will play a lot and learn about the power of play.
-We will get to know games which increase cooperation and trust. Learn about games which help us solve conflicts, improve our communication and help us tackle various issues such as differences, self esteem….
-We will learn about group dynamics and discover what is our role in the group.
-We will share our knowledge and learn how to lead games.

DURATION & DATES: 6 working days + 2 travel days, in total 8 days, May 2021
PLACE: France
PARTICIPANT NUMBER: 2-3 per country
TARGET GROUP: Youth workers/ Youth leaders/ Educators/ Teachers/ Trainers who are over 18 years old.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for organizations who work directly with young people or youth workers and organizations who would like to enrich their own working portfolio with playful methods and equip own staff/volunteers/local partners with skills of facilitating social games workshops.

PARTNER CONDITIONS:
From each organization chosen to be partner, we expect to have frequent COMMUNICATION, selection of RELEVANT PARTICIPANTS, PREPARATION of participants, and assistance in DISSEMINATION activities.

COSTS
We will reimburse travel costs according to Erasmus+ rules.
Accommodation, food, materials will be covered by E+ grant.
We ask every participant to contribute with a participation fee of 20 EUR which will be spent on the benefit of the activity. We want this project to be accessible to everyone so if that is an issue for you please do contact us and we will find a solution.